Blank Rome adds 21 lawyers from two firms, opens San Francisco office

Blank Rome is opening a San Francisco office and expanding its Los Angeles and New York offices with the addition of 21 lawyers from two law firms.

The lawyers jumping to Blank Rome are from the California-based firms Finestone & Richter and Margolis & Tisman, according to a press release. The change is effective on Feb. 1.

Blank Rome chairman Alan Hoffman says in the press release that the new lawyers “bring an impressive amount of corporate M&A, corporate litigation, labor and employment, banking, real estate, and trusts and estates experience to the firm’s practices in these areas, as well as Chinese and Korean language capability.”

Margolis & Tisman lists 13 lawyers on its website; all but one are joining Blank Rome. Finestone & Richter lists 11 attorneys; all but two are joining Blank Rome.